Bottle-positioning device



Now 3 1925.

P. Q.'WIL'..LIAMS BOTTLE POSITIONING DEVICE Filed July 19, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I gwumtoz PERCY Q. WILLIAMS.

flwo'nwq Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNlTED 'STATE S PATENT by PERCY Q. WILLIAMS, oFcINoINNATr; OHIO.

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. Application filed July 19,

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, PERCY Q. WILLIAMS,

a citizen of the United States of America,

positioned after the molding operation has been performed.

Anobject of my invention is to provide a device by means of which bottles or other articles of glass may be definitely positioned as they are conveyed from the bottle maline H of F chine.

Another object is to provide a device of this type that will be simple and efficient in operation. I

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which; 7

Fig. 1 is an end elevational view of a device of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation of Fi r 1 Fig. 3 is a fragmental plan view showing certain features of my device.

Fig. 4 is a cross section View taken on Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig.4.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 3. V 7

'My invention is for use primarilyin the manufacture of rectangular or panel bottles. WVhen this type of bottle comes from the bottle making machine and the glass is still hot and soft, the large side of the bottle will sag under its own weight if allowed to lie fiat. The remedy for'this is to place the bottle with one of the narrow sides down. This is accomplished automatically by the use of a device of my invention. The botv tles leave the bottle making machine 7 and are discharged neck end foremost onto an inclined chute 8 of my device. The device consists of a positioning means in conjunction with a conveyer. The conveyer 9 may be of any type common in the artzand has an endless belt 10 actuated in the usual manner, Mounted on the conveyer frame are two uprights 11 and 12- substantially U- shaped in form each having one of its arms secured on opposite sides of the conveyer I frame.

with a crank block 26 onthe rear end of chiiteli-l, the

1923. Serial role-52,491.

opposite sides of the discharge. end 7 of the bottle machine. A chute ,8 .is pivotally mounted between the pairs of uprights 11 ing machine.

like manner on veyer. The mountings areadjustable vertically horizontally and. pivotallyns shown in Figs. {4; and 5. 'Theadjustments being all. Theupright'12 has'formed in it alongitudinal dovetailed groove l l inwhich the dovetailed rib 15 of the block 16 engages. The block 16 has a dovetailed groove 17 extending transversely toand on the opposite side from the rib and a rib 19 on bracket 18 which fits into'the groove 17,. Each of OFFICE.

Y The arms 11 and 12 ares paced on and 12 on the side adjacent the bottlemak- A ch'ute-13 is mounted in a the opposite sidelof' the conthesamepa descri'ption of one will serve for.

the dovetailed adjustments may be ecured 1-" against movement by means screws 20 or of suitable set any 1 other 1 desirable means.

Each-of the brackets 718" carries a stud or v pivot 21 which projectsjthru the sideof the chutes Sand 13 thereby7providing pivotal adjustment of the angle of incline chutes. Suitable set screws 22 provide a locking means for such adjustment of the chutes. Thus it will be seen that the chutes are adjustable laterally of the conveyer, l as well as for elevation'and angle of incline in relation to'the'conveyer belt 10. I

The" particlar feature of the invention consists of the'positioning apparatus carried of 1 said by the chute 13.} This comprisesa diagonal deflector bloc 23 longitudinally and slid ably adjustable within thechute 13fby' means of an a djustment,sc1"ew24.- provided and engaging a threaded end of the screw jec'tion 29 on the which projects 'thru a suitable slot 27 in the bottom of chute 13. Y

being swiveled' t'o'ia pro- In operation the chute 8 is positioned-and been carried n-eckfendforemost down the chute 8 is projected across the gap onto the upwardly inclined surface of'the chute 13,

"rear of the deflector 23' where it encounters the diagonal face of the deflector block 23 which deflects or swings the bottle sideward whereupon the force of gravity again carries the bottle down toward the conveyor belt 10. The gap between the lower ends of the chutes 8 and 13 being smaller than the major dimensions of the bottle, will therefore cause the bottle to turn and drop onto the belt 10 resting on one of the narrow sides, the neck of the bottle always in a given direction. Proper adjustment of the angles of inclination of the chutes and spacing of the ends thereof will result in accommodating various shapes and sizes of bottles including round as well as panel bottles.

\Vhat I claim is: v

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a downwardly inclined chute forreceiving and directing bottles neck end foremost, a second upwardly inclined chute for receiving at its lowermost end the bottles as they are discharged from the lower end of the first mentioned chute and means carried by the second chute for deflecting the bottles to a position transversely of the chutes.

2. In positioning device for bottles the combination with a conveyor of an inclined chute upwardly of which bottles supported on their sides are moved neck end foremost and means carried by the chute for turning the'bottles at substantially right. angles to the initial direction of travel thereof the chute delivering the bottles on their sides to the conveyor.

3. In a positioning device for bottles, comprising a downwardly inclined chute for receiving bottles neck end foremost, an upwardly inclined chute having its lower end spaced from the lowermost end ofthe first mentioned chute, the chutes being in sub stantial' longitudinal alignment, and means on the second mentioned chute .for turning the bottles transversely of the line of travel over the chutes. V

4. In a positioning device for panel bottles having pairs of wide and narrow sides, the combination with a belt type conveyor, of a downwardly inclined chute over which bottles slide neck end foremost, an upwardly inclined chute having its lower end spaced from the lower end of the first mentioned chute at a distance slightly greater than the narrow dimension of the bottle, and to which lower end the bottles are directed by the first mentioned chute, means for turning the bottles on the second chute to a position at an angle ,to their original line of travel and from which position the bottle may pass, under the influence of gravity, upon one of its narrow sides between the spaced ends of the chutes on to the conveyor.

6. In a positioning device for panel bottles the comoination with a conveyor, of adjustable oppositely inclined chutes having their lower ends spaced at unequal distances above the conveyor and a diagonal adjustable deflector in the lowermost chute.

'7. In a positioning device for bottles having wide and narrow sides, the combination with a belt type conveyer of a downwardly inclined chute over which bottles slide neck end foremost, an upwardly inclined chute having its lower end spaced from the lower end of the first mentioned chute at a distance intermediate the width of the wide and narrow sides of the bottles, and to which lower end the bottles are directed by the first mentioned chute, means for turning the bottles on the second chute to a position at an angle to their original line of travel and from which position the bottles may pass, under the influence of gravity, upon one of the narrow sides, between the spaced ends of the chutes on to the conveyor..

8. In a positioning device for panel bottles, the combination with a conveyor, of oppositely inclined chutes having their lower ends spaced at unequal distances above the conveyor and a diagonally disposed deflector in the lowermost chute. i

9. In a positioning device for bottles the combination with a conveyor, of an inclined chute for supporting bottles on their sides and down which chute bottles move .endwise,

a second chute mounted above the conveyor for receiving bottles endwise fromthe first chute, and means carried by the second chute for turning the bottlestransversely otthe chutes the second chute delivering said bot tles upon their sides onto the conveyor.

10. In positioning device for panel bottles having wide and narrow sides, the combination with a conveyor, a chute down which bottles slide endwise, a second chute for receiving bottles from the first chute, and means in the second chute for turning and delivering said bottles upon one of their narrow sides onto the conveyor.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 16th day of July, 1923.

.PERCY o. WILLIAMS. 

